I-Aspen Shortsfest ikhetha izikhindi ezingu-22 zopopayi zomncintiswano wokufaneleka we-Oscar

31 Marzo 2022

I-Aspen Film, inhlangano yezobuciko nezemfundo yamafilimu unyaka wonke, namuhla imemezele uhlelo lwayo lwe-31st Aspen Shortsfest, eyenzeka edolobheni elihle laseColorado ngo-Ephreli 5-10. Omunye wamafestivali amane kuphela afanelekela i-Oscar e-United States enikezelwe ngokuqinile kumafilimu amafushane, i-Aspen Shortsfest yaziwa kabanzi njengefestiveli yamafilimu amafushane ephambili futhi ikhombisa ithalente elivelayo nelisungulwe ngendlela emangalisayo kumasinema womhlaba.

Umncintiswano walo nyaka ugqamisa abaqondisi abagqamile nethalente, kanye nabawine abaqondisi bamazwe ngamazwe. Uhlu lwamafilimu angama-77 akhethwe cishe ezinhlelweni ezingu-3.000 ezivela emazweni angu-28 ahlukene ahlanganisa izikhindi ezipopayi ezingu-22 (cishe ku-30%). Sekukonke, ukukhethwa kubonisa inzuzo yokulingana ngobulili, ngamafilimu angama-41 aqondiswe noma aqondiswa ngokuhlanganyela abesifazane (53%).

Izihloko ezihlonishwayo, eziwine imiklomelo phakathi kwabaqhudelanayo abapopayi zifaka i-Oscar eyawina i-The Shaman's Apprentice evela kumqondisi owine i-Cannes Award u-Zacharias Kunuk; Umzimba Okhathazekile, ukuzindla kuka-Yoriko Mizushiri ekuthinteni; I-alegory yomuntu siqu neyemvelo ye-Bottle Cap evela kubaqondisi be-PSyop uMarie Hyon noMarco Spier; Umbono wengane ka-Hugo de Faucompret ngokudangala Umama Uthela Imvula; ipharadesi eliyinqaba lefilimu emfishane yomfundi wakwaGobelins ethi Goodbye, Jerome!; Ifilimu entsha kaCamrus Johnson ethi She Dreams at Sunrise; Okwakamuva kaRenee Zhan, Izilwane Ezithambile; kanye nedokhumentari yephepha lika-Jim Jarmusch yephephabhuku i-Stranger Than Rotterdam edlala u-Sara Driver, eyadlala okokuqala e-Sundance. Qhubeka ufunda ukuze uthole uhlu olugcwele lwezikhindi ezigqwayizayo ku-Aspen.

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“Sijabule ukwethula olunye uhlelo oluhle lwamafilimu avela emhlabeni wonke eShortsfest yalo nyaka,” kusho uSusan Wrubel, umqondisi wezobuciko kanye nomphathi omkhulu we-Aspen Film. “Yeka ukushajwa okumangalisayo ngemva kweminyaka emibili, ukubuyela mathupha ekhaya lomkhosi wethu, i-Wheeler Opera House yomlando. Nakulokhu, ithimba lethu elihlelayo selihlanganise amafilimu amafushane ashukumisayo, asungula futhi ashukumisa ingqondo onyakeni ukuze siwabonise ku-Aspen nakubathameli kuso sonke isigodi.”

Umqondisi we-Shortsfest Wokuhlelwa Kwezinhlelo u-Jason Anderson wengeze, “Sijabule kakhulu ukugubha umkhosi waminyaka yonke we-Aspen Shortsfest wama-31 ngomunye umbukiso othokozisayo womsebenzi omusha omangalisayo ovela kubadidiyeli bamafilimu abavela kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba. Izihloko ezingama-77 ohlelweni lwalo nyaka zibonisa ukujula nokwehlukahlukana kwethalente lesinema esinelungelo lokulethula kubabukeli bethu. Ukwengeza, siyamangala ngamandla nokuqina kwalaba benzi bamafilimu abaye bakubonisa lapho bebhekene nazo zonke izinselele zamuva futhi sikujabulele kakhulu ukukwazi ukwethula amafilimu abo mathupha.”

Abawine imiklomelo ye-Shortsfest bazothola imiklomelo engukheshi engu-$1.250 noma engu-$2.500 ezigabeni ezikhethiwe. Ijaji lango-2022 lihlanganisa abakhiqizi abawine imiklomelo uMimi Polk Gitlin (Thelma noLouise), owayeyinhloko yeNFB Animation uMichael Fukushima (Affairs of the Art) kanye noValerie Steinberg (Karmalink). Izivakashi zemboni ezikhethekile zifaka phakathi abaqavile abane bemboni: u-Opal Hope Bennett (Umkhiqizi, i-POV), u-Sarah Lash (Umqondisi Omkhulu Wokutholwayo, i-Condé Nast Entertainment), u-Meghan Oretsky (Umphathi Omkhulu, u-Vimeo) no-Casey Sunderland, (I-Media Finance Agent, I-Creative Artists Agency ).

Thola ukukhethwa okuphelele komncintiswano wefilimu kanye nolwazi lwamathikithi ku-aspenfilm.org.

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Amafilimu opopayi akhethelwe i-Aspen Shortsfest 2022:

Indiza Iqondiswe nguLeon Golterman (Netherlands)
L'Amour en Plan Iqondiswe nguClaire Sichez (France)
Umzimba Okhathazayo - Kuqondiswa ngu-Yoriko Mizushiri (Japan/France)
boobs - Iqondiswa nguMarie Valade (Canada)
Umlando Omfishane Wethu Iqondiswe ngu-Etgar Keret (Poland)
Ibhodlela Lekhono - Kuqondiswa nguMarie Hyon, uMarco Spier (US)
Ikhathuni Lekati Elilele - Iqondiswe nguRandall Scott Christopher (US)
Ikati Nenyoni Iqondiswe nguFranka Sachse (Germany)
Ikati nebhu - Iqondiswa ngu-India Barnardo (Canada/UK)
Charlotte - Iqondiswa nguZach Dorn (US)
UChilly & Milly - Iqondiswe nguWilliam David Caballero (US)
Izinyathelo oMoyeni - Iqondiswa nguMaya Sanbar (UK/Brazil/US)
Umbhukudi Wenkululeko Iqondiswe ngu-Olivia Martin-McGuire (France/Australia)
Sala kahle, Jerome! Iqondiswe nguGabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, Chloé Farr (France)
Emvelweni Iqondiswe nguMarcel Barelli (Switzerland)
Umama Uthela Imvula Iqondiswe nguHugo de Faucompret (France)
Ugogo Wami Iqanda - Kuqondiswe nguWu-Ching Chang (UK/Taiwan)
Uphupha Kuphuma Ilanga - Iqondiswe nguCamrus Johnson (US)
Sierra Iqondiswa nguSander Joon (Estonia)
Smile Iqondiswe nguJonas Forsman (Sweden)
Izilwane Ezithambile - Kuqondiswa nguRenee Zhan (UK/US)
Ongaziwa kune-Rotterdam eno-Sara Driver - Iqondiswe nguLewie Kloster, uNoah Kloster (US)